The Elegant Universe

Name: The Elegant Universe
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2003-10-28
Rating: 7.8
Cast: Brian Greene, Steven Weinberg, Nima Arkani-Hamed

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One of the most ambitious and exciting theories ever proposed—one that may be the long-sought "theory of everything," which eluded even Einstein—gets a masterful, lavishly computer-animated explanation from bestselling author-physicist Brian Greene, when NOVA presents the nuts, bolts, and sometimes outright nuttiness of string theory.

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StatusEnded

First AiredOctober 28, 2003

Last AiredNovember 4, 2003

Episode Runtime2sa 30dk

Seasons1

Episodes3

TypeMiniseries

Origin CountryUnited States

Original LanguageEnglish

Spoken LanguagesEnglish

Keywords

physics string theory

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S1 E3 • 11/4/2003

Welcome to the 11th Dimension

Edward Witten of Princeton's Institute for Advanced Study, aided by others, revolutionized string theory by successfully uniting the five different versions into a single theory that is cryptically named "M-theory," a development that requires a total of eleven dimensions.